Paying with a Purchase Order

A Purchase Order (PO) authorizes Arizona Online Continuing & Professional Studies to complete a registration transaction and send an invoice to an organization (company, government agency, nonprofit organization, etc.) for payment.

Submitting a Purchase Order

If this is the first time your organization is submitting a PO to Continuing & Professional Studies, please review the Conditions and other information below before submission.

If there is a deadline associated with your PO (for example, registration must be completed prior to your fiscal year end), please note that prominently on the PO.

Submit purchase order to uace-info@arizona.edu.

Please allow 3-4 business days for registration after PO is approved.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email at uace-info@arizona.edu.

Conditions

  • All Continuing & Professional Studies courses are noncredit professional development courses. Academic credit cannot be issued for participation in Continuing & Professional Studies courses.
  • Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of course requirements and payment in full by the organization submitting the PO.
  • Some courses are offered in collaboration with a third-party training provider. If the course is offered by a third-party training provider, this information will be noted on the course catalog page.
  • If continuing education units (CEUs) are a requirement for your organization, please contact us via email at uace-info@arizona.edu to confirm the course meets your requirements. CEUs are not available for all courses.
  • Continuing & Professional Studies reserves the right to review, request revisions to or reject any PO.
  • POs will not be accepted if the submitting organization has a history of delinquent payments.
  • If the PO is accepted, Continuing & Professional Studies will complete the registration transaction and notify the participant that they have been registered.
  • CaPE will send an invoice to the organization within 3-4 business days of registration.
  • Payment is due within thirty days of receipt of the Continuing & Professional Studies invoice, regardless of whether the participant has completed the course by that date.
  • Continuing & Professional Studies accepts check and credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discover) payments. Payments must be made directly to Continuing & Professional Studies. Payments cannot be sent to the University of Arizona Bursar’s office.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email at uace-info@arizona.edu.

What to Include in a Purchase Order

Purchase Orders must be on official organization letterhead or government agency form and contain the following information:

  • Organization name, mailing address, and phone number
  • Billing instructions, including contact name, contact phone number, and where to send invoice (mailing address or email address)
  • Purchase order number or reference number
  • Itemized list of what the organization has authorized, including the cost of each item
  • Participant name(s)
  • Signature and printed name of authorized organization representative

Purchase orders must be accompanied by a list of participants, including name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.